As Ghana takes the world stage, its fans find it hard to get a seat

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: June 27, 2006| Author: Rob Hughes | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

06-27-2006

Panos Kakaviatos in Frankfurt and Beth Dickinson in Dakar contributing reporting.* Germany is staging the biggest World Cup party in the history of the game, and on Tuesday evening in Dortmund, Ghana will play on the biggest stage in its soccer history against Brazil, the world champion.The hopes not just of Ghana but of Africa will ride with the team, which calls itself the Black Stars, and which eliminated the United States ...

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